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> You also have to give to Zelensky that his begging is massively successful.

Genuine question: Is the military support received by Ukraine really pro bono? Or will Ukrainian people be handled the bill after this mess ends?

I understand that the support is a mixture of Soviet-era junk and modern equipment. So, I'd guess, there may be more than one answers.

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As I understand it it's a huge mixture of many things. From military aid, to financial aid for various pre-defined purposes, both lending and pro bono. Ukraine is also buying equipment in normal ways (likely from borrowed money, or from miltary financial aid).

Some countries seem happy to send equipment hoping that the fight will stay as close to Russia's borders as possible. My country was one of the first to send heavy equipment like tanks to Ukraine, and from all I've read it seems to be for free. Regular people are donating money to Ukr foreign ministry that Ukraine uses to buy military equipment.

If you look at history, US had lend-lease with USSR and Soviets/Russia paid up only part of it over 65 years or so, and a lot of it was written off. So it may take long time to recover the cost, or it may be impossible if Ukraine loses.

There is large overview here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukrai...

https://www.state.gov/u-s-security-cooperation-with-ukraine/